Bench vise



Patented Nov. 18, 1941 UNITED STI/3K4?" i QFFCE" 1' Y 2,263,019., A u tBENCH vIsE y awk sation, Pieamengcanf. appiieaqn August is, 1939,semaine. 290,837

A l1 oiaim. (o1. rieb-73er) My invention relates to improvements invises.

The object of my invention is to provide a readily demountable benchvise of simple design and light Weight construction; to provide a benchvise which may be secured to the at top of the bench without requiringany protruding brackets to be attached to or made a part of the bench;to provide a bench vise which secures itself to the bench more tightlythe greater the pressure put on the vise; to provide a bench vise havingmeans for securing it against movement in the opposite direction; and toprovide a bench vise of extreme simplicity and having only three parts.

One form of the invention is shown in the sheet of drawings attachedhereto, but it is understood that my invention is capable of beingembodied in other forms without departing from the spirit of theinvention or the scope of the claim appended hereto.

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a plan view;

Fig. 2 is a side elevational view;

Fig. 3 is an end elevational view looking to the right at Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a view in perspective looking at the f bottom or benchengaging face of the vise;

Fig. 5 is a View in perspective of a bench showing the device inposition thereon and supporting a piece of wood; and

Fig. 6 is a side elevational View in cross section showing the attachingmeans in operative relation to the bench top.

One of the important features of my invention is the fact that itprovides a readily demountable light weight planing vise which requiresonly one metal stamping and two sliding blocks, preferably of wood.These comprise the outer member ID and the blocks I I and I2.

The outer member I is preferably made from a metal stamping ofrelatively thin gauge stock so as not to lift the end of the board 39supported in the vise too high above the bench. In this connection, ifit should be found that the thickness of the metal member I0 raises oneend of the board 3D too high, a strip of equal thickness can be placedunder the board 36 as at 3 l.

The stamping I!) is formed with'one lip or tongue I which projectsdownwardly, at an angle. It is preferably inclined at an angle between30" and 45 to bottom I6. secure anchoring of member I0 to bench top 32(see Fig. 6), where tongue I5 is shown projected into hole 25, therebysecurely anchoring member I0 not only against forward or sidewiselongitudinal movement, but against any tendency to be :u

This effects a lifted vertically. The latter tendency'y Would ybe foundwhen the vise was holding a short but high piece of wood being planed. Iprefer that tongue I5 be located near the Wide end of bottom I6 so as toeifect a secure holding to resist any vertical lift on member I0.

Recess I'I is formed near the opposite end in member I9. It ispreferable to locate it in alignment with tongue I5 and along thecenterline of bottom I6. Recess I'I is perforated at I8, through whichperforation a nail I3 or other similar fastening means may extend. Thefunction performed by recess I'I and nail I3 will appear in Fig. 6 wherenail I3 is shown fitted into hole 26 in bench top 32. It is notnecessary that nail I3 be a drive nt in hole 2 6 as its purpose ismerely to prevent member I0 from moving to the right, that is,back-wardly so as to release tongue I5 from hole 25. In practice I havefound that nail I3 performs its function satisfactorily when looseenough to be lifted out by the head when grasped by the lingers.

Member II) is also formed with side walls I9 and which preferably areinclined inwardly so as to form less than a right angle with bottom I6.They may be formed at a right angle to bottom I6 but better results areobtained where they in- Cline inwardly. In order to elect the Wedging or`clamping action for my vise, sides I9 and 20 are formed on bottom I6 sothat at one end they are closer together than at the other end. Thenarrow end is the end toward which tongue I5 points, as this is thedirection of force or pressure applied to the vise during use.

The blocks II and I2 are preferably of wood, although they may be madeof metaLand have their sides 22 cut at an angle corresponding to thatformed by sides I9 and 26 with bottom I6. Their inner edges 23 are atright angles to bottom I6 unless some particular use is being made ofthe vise which requires board 30 to be supported at less than a rightangle to bench top 32. In the latter event the angle of sides 23 tobottom I6 can be made to suit.

The length of member I as well as the length of blocks I I and I2, theheight of sides I9 and 20 and blocks II and I2 will be determined by theparticular use for which the vise is designed. I have found in workaround the home shop that if member I Il is between six and eight incheslong and the blocks are of a corresponding length, and about one inch inheight, a very satisfactory result is obtained.

In installing the device on a bench, it is necessary only to drill twoholes, 25 and 26. Hole 25 sponding to tongue I and hole 26 is drilled atright angles to the bench top. A clearance hole 24 is made in the benchtop to receive recess l1 in bottom I6. In Fig. 6, hole 25 is not shownextending all the Way through the bench, although it is preferable thatit should so extend in order to be self-cleaning. t It will be obviousfrom the description thus far that the device is not only simple and offew parts, but also may be readily detached or applied to a Work bench.When lifted from the bench there are no attaching parts or brackets lefton the bench top to interfere With the latters use for other purposes.The device is small and light Weight and. may be carried in thecarpenters tool kit and quickly Iset up on a saw horse or other Worksupporting surface simply by drilling the two holes V25'and12li. Theeconomy with which this device maybe manufactured lends it to readymarketabilty and wide spread adoption by carpenters as well as forthehome Work shop. Y l l anchoring lug at one end and a perforation nearthe other end, one pair of opposite sides of said base lyingsubstantially in the plane of said base,

and the other pair of integral opposite sides being bent upwardly andinwardly to an angle 0f less than a to said base, said sides beingstraight and spaced closer together at the end toward Which Asaidanchoring lug points than at the .other end, and la pair of triangularwedge members each having one edge fitted substantially to the bent upinwardly sloping sides of the one piece integral base and when sofitted, having their. facing vedges substantially parallel with eachother.

' ZOOK SUTTON.

